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| DaveT |
Amazed no one has discussed on here the announcement that this will be the last Burning Man this year.
THoughts? |
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| DaveT |
http://theshroom.wordpress.com/2011...al-burning-man/
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San Francisco, CA –Larry Harvey, the man (and shape-shifting vampire) who pioneered Burning Man, the famous counter culture music and arts festival founded in San Francisco in 1986, which later moved to the desert north of Reno, Nevada, announced that 2011 is its final year. Caught off guard, those in attendance, including a herd of sparkle ponies with their cell phones, twitter accounts and digital cameras at the ready, were stunned into silence before being able to alert the world of the impending disaster rivaled only by the revelation that there is no Santa Claus.
completely unrelated story: UNICORN FLU PANDEMIC!
When pressed for the reasons behind the abrupt end to the iconic festival it was Harvey’s turn to be silent. Clearly stifling tears, he finally mustered up the ability to provide some answers. “We never intended that Burning Man would run forever, but we had hoped to go out a bit differently than this. It just sort of all came together as things often do on the Playa,” he said. Harvey continued, “When we realized we’d actually sell out this year I had an inkling this was the end. When it was clear demand would outstrip supply and market forces came to bear I knew that there was a strong possibility people would abandon the ethos of the event and turn to profiteering by scalping tickets, offering tourist packages and other practices we’ve been opposed to since the beginning.”
Many of the Burning Man Organization members in attendance were teary eyed, including Chief Communications Officer Will Chase, who agreed it was a sad day indeed. “We didn’t want to do this, but it was like watching Ol’ Yeller get rabies. Hard as it was it was better to put him down than watch him go mad and become something ugly and devoid of love.”
Shockwaves are rippling throughout the Burning Man community as hundreds of businesses and artisans that participate in a cottage industry are scrambling in the wake of the realization that they’ll have to get real jobs in two months. Scores of camps and campers are sure to be inconsolable with regard to the fortunes worth of gear, infrastructure, art cars, and costuming that will be rendered useless. Organizers are also worried about what sort of behavior might be triggered during the event as a result of the announcement. Left over structures such as sign posts, art installations and other artifacts are earmarked for private auction with unsold pieces to be part of a permanent Burning Man museum set to open in San Francisco next spring. There is growing concern that Burners will pillage many of the items during the departure from Black Rock City referred to as Exodus.
A somber Harvey remarked, “From drive by shooting ranges to pants cannons we did things out here no one else will. It’s just hard after all the years of hearing the snickers that Burning Man has become too commercial, or that it jumped the shark, only to see it actually happen.” Choking back tears Harvey concluded, “We had a good run though, didn’t we? Even the Dead had to quit at some point.”
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| Sadface |
| Woody mentioned it in a post somewhere else. The Shroom is satire. The story is fake. BM even clarified it on their twitter and facebook accounts. It's shocking to me how much play this is getting. |
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| omega1n |
| This came from The Onion. |
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| 72hrpartyanimal |
just found out it was fake too.
Dave sucks :P |
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| DaveT |
People, I left the "completely unrelated story: UNICORN FLU PANDEMIC" in the quote.
Should've given it away that I'm just causing trouble. But a couple people had to jump in and ruin the fun.
Was going to pull out this link next.
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| Sadface |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveT
People, I left the "completely unrelated story: UNICORN FLU PANDEMIC" in the quote.
Should've given it away that I'm just causing trouble. But a couple people had to jump in and ruin the fun.
Was going to pull out this link next.
DT |
Too many people have been honestly freaking out about this, I thought you were being uncharacteristically dense. :p |
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| omega1n |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveT
People, I left the "completely unrelated story: UNICORN FLU PANDEMIC" in the quote.
Should've given it away that I'm just causing trouble. But a couple people had to jump in and ruin the fun.
Was going to pull out this link next.
DT |
Ohhhhhh. Muh bad... :toocool: |
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| fantasyexctasy |
| EDIT: You got me good lol I was starting to see if I could buy a scalper ticket |
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| bigperf |
| From what I've heard a good 80% + of people are on some sort of illegal substance, drug dogs needed! |
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| fantasyexctasy |
| quote: | Originally posted by bigperf
From what I've heard a good 80% + of people are on some sort of illegal substance, drug dogs needed! |
If you don't include weed, I'd say it's 50/50 |
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